A simple traffic stop yielded a variety of drugs Tuesday night and sent two area men to the Lincoln Parish Detention Center on multiple charges.

Melvin Tyrone Garner, 33, 180 Pine Bayou Circle, Monroe, was charged with possession of cocaine, possession of marijuana, third offense, possession of drug paraphernalia, open container and possession of Xanax. Stephen Randolph Griffith, 28, 1112 W. Alabama Ave., was also arrested on the same charges, with the addition of no turning signal and improper turning charges.

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